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Dr. Alan T. Critchley began his scientific journey in Portsmouth, UK, studying the invasive seaweed Sargassum muticum. After a postdoctoral position in the Netherlands, he moved to the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to research subtropical seaweeds. His interest in commercial applications began at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in collaboration with Taurus Chemicals. He later held roles at the University of Namibia and Degussa Texturant Systems in France. In Nova Scotia, Canada, he led R&D on land-based seaweed cultivation and industrial-scale harvesting of intertidal fucoids for animal feed and plant biostimulants. Currently, he is a consultant and Research Fellow at the Verschuren Centre in Sydney, NS, with a focus on tropical and temperate phyconomy. Dr. Anicia Q. Hurtado is Chair of ISDA Inc. and earned her Doctor of Agriculture (Phycology) from Kyoto University in 1988. She served over 20 years as Senior Scientist at SEAFDEC-AQD in the Philippines, where she led the Seaweed Program. She was also the Philippine partner in the GlobalSeaweedSTAR Project at the University of the Philippines Visayas. Today, she evaluates research proposals, serves on thesis committees and journal boards, and consults for international agencies. Her deep commitment to working directly with seaweed farmers remains a cornerstone of her career. Dr. Iain Charles Neish, a Canadian phyconomist and marine enterprise ecologist, has worked with seaweeds in aquaculture since 1965. Since 1977, he has focused on tropical seaweed farming and biorefinery development in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Americas, and India. Over 25 years of this work was with Marine Colloids, where he managed the construction of the world’s first semi-refined carrageenan factory in Cebu, Philippines. From 1996 to 2023, he collaborated with international organizations and companies, including over a decade with PT Sea Six Energy Indonesia. Now based in the Cebu/Bohol region, he is CEO of SeaKITShub Inc., promoting Blue Ocean Economy through enterprise ecology and sustainable marine resource use. Dr. Leonel Pereira holds a PhD in Cellular Biology and is Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra, where he coordinates the Master’s in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnology. A researcher at the Center for Functional Ecology, his work spans marine algae biodiversity, biotechnology, and ecology. He founded the MACOI – Portuguese Marine Algae Site in 2008 and serves on editorial boards of journals like Marine Drugs and Applied Sciences. He has published over 20 books, 79+ book chapters, and numerous scientific articles, and frequently speaks at international conferences. His accolades include the Francisco de Holanda Award, Mar Rei D. Carlos Award, and the CHOICE Award for Edible Algae of the World (2016). Recognized among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University and Elsevier (2021–2024), he has a Scopus h-index of 41 and leads ACOI – the Coimbra Collection of Algae.

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